| 摘要 |
A front-end signal processing circuit that stabilizes a black level of an output signal of an image sensor in a prescribed set level, without being influenced by a DC offset component of circuit elements making up a feedback loop, and an imaging device including such the front-end signal processing circuit, are provided. The front-end signal processing circuit includes a feedback loop made up of a luminance detecting/digitizing section and a black level clamp section, and clamps a black level of an output signal of an image sensor to a prescribed set level. The front-end signal processing circuit further includes an offset correction section. The offset correction section stores an offset value being a difference between a signal level of an OB region of the image sensor and the prescribed level, subtracts the offset value from a digital luminance signal corresponding to an effective pixel region of the image sensor, and outputs the obtained signal.
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